Penrith were looking for a bonus point win to go top of the league on Saturday and got it in spades, they started the game at a high tempo and kept it up for 80 minutes and in the process notched up 16 tries against a game Guisborough side who always kept plugging away. 16 tries in a game averages out at one every five minutes and that is just about what happened with scores coming on a regular basis with eight tries in either half.
After a brief spell of early possession the visitors soon found themselves under pressure as Penrith kicked a penalty to the corner for an attacking lineout. The throw was good and driving maul was set up and Josh Dowson claimed the try as the visiting forwards were shunted over their own line.
Ed Swale set up the second try with a half break and a well timed pass to Jamie McNaughton who went in for what was to be the first of his six tries, a club record. The home side almost scored immediately as the Guisborough full back took the wrong option when running the ball back and headed for Mike Stephens, he spilled the ball in the tackle, the turn over ball was won but the scoring pass was adjudged slightly forward. The next score wasn't long in coming though, the pack won a lineout on the left 25m out and set up a driving maul and made ground before the ball was released and moved right down the back line, McNaughton came off the blind side wing and made the extra man and sliced through the defence and although a tap tackle made him stumble he still made the line.
Penrith got their fourth try along with the bonus point with 25 minutes on the clock, strong running up the middle by Phil Armstrong set up the chance as he got well into the 22, the forwards were in support and rumbled to the line. After a number of drives it was Dan Richardson who finally forced his way over. A Mike Fearon break set up the next try and once in behind the first line of defence George Graham set up Harlan Corrie who steamed in. Hard running by Lee Chapman and a long Graham pass set up McNaughton for his hat trick, he still had a bit to do but managed to dance round three defenders.
McNaughton combined with Jon Fell and they took play deep into the 22 up the right, the ball then ran loose and over the line where Fearon was on hand to claim the touch down. Ryan Johnson was the catalyst for the final try in the first half as he won turnover ball and two phases later Chapman found himself at outside centre and made a decent job of drawing the last man and putting McNaughton away for his fourth try.
Penrith turned round 52 points up and started the second half as the had finished the first and just didn't let up and the tries continued to flow. McNaughton claimed his fifth as the home side spent a rare period on their own line, when they finally broke down the visitor's attack and turned over the ball it was flipped to the winger who ran the length of the field evading half a dozen tacklers. McNaughton and Ben Littleton made ground up the left and the attack was halted just short of the line, Penrith won the ruck ball and Swale now at scrum half went blind and chipped the ball into the deadball area into the path of McNaughton who dotted it down his sixth score. Fell took an inside ball coming off the blind side wing to set Graham up for the next score and Fell again was the provider as Armstrong went in under the posts for the next.
A surging run from the No8 position by Richardson was continued by Littleton and he set up Armstrong for his second try, a lung bursting break by Stephens paved the way for a Swale score. That score saw Penrith go into the 90s and silly as it sounds with a scoreline like that Guisborough were still up for it and their stand off scored the try their effort deserved, it wouldn't please the home coaching staff but it was the only lapse in the Cumbrian defence.
The score went to 99 when Callum Poulson made the break to release Matt Allinson who unselfishly set up Corrie who stormed in. Penrith were desperate to make it three figures and it was Craig Price with a smart dummy and clean break who made 40m before popped the ball to Johnson up in support and he went in for the final try and a record breaking win.
It was mission accomplished in some style and they now top the table, if they are to stay there they have to keep winning and now face a tricky away game at Morpeth where must put all thoughts of this win out of their minds.